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skedaddle
[ ski-dad-l ]
verb (used without object)
skedaddled, skedaddling.
- to run away hurriedly; flee.
noun
- a hasty flight.
skedaddle
/ ²õ°ìɪˈ»åæ»åÉ™±ô /
verb
- intr to run off hastily
noun
- a hasty retreat
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of skedaddle1
1860–65, Americanism; compare dial. ( Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of skedaddle1
C19: of unknown origin
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His boat skedaddled up to a rock, hit it catty-cornered, and spun, and Abel was suddenly in the water, without his boat, borne along like a limp rag.
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Shame on you for skedaddling anonymously and cowardly away.
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But even the vague threat of personal conflict and humiliation was enough to make him skedaddle down to Mar-a-Lago when it was time to go.
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What if instead of staying in the tomb, she skedaddled with a posy to the Renaissance club scene in Paris and found a new love?
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I hugged Dismay first—he was so alive and full of good feelings—and I skedaddled for the house.
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